1983 Jail Census Data from the June 30, 1983, National Jail Census cover the number of jails and inmates by region for 1970-83, with data broken down by inmate characteristics (adults, juveniles, and sex) and by State. Part of the Census of Jails Series

Aging of the State Prison Population, 1993-2013 Discusses factors that have contributed to the growing number of older offenders in state prison, and examines changes in the sex, race, current offense, and sentencing characteristics of these offenders over time.

5/19/2016

NCJ 248766

Alcohol and Crime "Four in ten criminal offenders report alcohol as a factor in violence -- But alcohol-related deaths and consumption in decline"

4/5/1998

Alcohol and Crime (1998) Provides an overview of national information on the role of alcohol in violent victimization and its use among those convicted of crimes, including victim perceptions of alcohol use by offenders at the time of the crime.

Assessment of Coverage in the Arrest-Related Deaths Program Provides an executive summary of the Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) component of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) technical assessment report. Data from the ARD represent a national accounting of persons who have died during the process of arrest, including homicides by law enforcement personnel and deaths attributed to suicide, intoxication, accidental injury, and natural causes. Part of the Arrest-Related Deaths Series

Bureau of Justice Statistics Fiscal Year 1994 Program Plan This report contains State and national crime statistics that reflect the fiscal year 1994 program plan of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS); data are provided on crime victimization, prosecution, adjudication, corrections, Federal justice expenditures, criminal records, and State statistical analysis centers.

6/1/1994

NCJ 148138

Bureau of Justice Statistics receives policy impact award WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and its data collection agents will receive the 2014 Policy Impact Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) for their innovative and salient efforts to measure sexual victimization in correctional facilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 2003 (PREA). Part of the PREA Publications Series

Capital Punishment 1980 This bulletin presents statistics on executions, social demographic characteristics of death-row prisoners, methods of removal from death row, and developments in capital punishment law.

Capital Punishment 1990 Among the 36 States and the Federal government with capital punishment laws, 11 executed 23 prisoners during 1990, bringing the total number of executions to 143 since 1976, the year that the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty.